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Exam question 3 · Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back

It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty. Select the response consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, possess, turn, list, select, establish · To what, where: It, list, difficulty, persons, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Getting through it: who helps, what helps, and looking back» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil possesses a list of persons to whom she may turn in difficulty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 possesses	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	nsubj
7	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 list	det
9	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 possesses	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 persons	case
11	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 list	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 whom	case
13	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 turn	obl
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 turn	nsubj
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 turn	aux
16	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 persons	acl:relcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 difficulty	case
18	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 turn	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	possess	present	a pupil	a list of persons					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot list=Theme
3	turn	may	pupil			difficulty		to persons	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to whom=Source in difficulty=Trajectory
4	list			persons					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Such a list is of no value to any pupil whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	3 list	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 list	det
3	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 value	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 value	cop
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 value	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 value	det
7	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 pupil	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 value	nmod
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	10 pupil	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	such list					of no value; to any pupil	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Such a support network renders the seeking of help easier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	4 network	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 network	det
3	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 network	compound
4	network	network	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	nsubj
5	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 seeking	det
7	seeking	seeking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renders	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seeking	nmod
10	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 renders	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	such support network	the seeking of help				easy property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seeking=Theme
2	seek			help					nom seeking «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The list is to be consulted solely by teachers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consulted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consulted	aux:pass
4	to	to	PART	_	6 consulted	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 consulted	aux:pass
6	consulted	consult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	solely	solely	ADV	_	6 consulted	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 teachers	case
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	present · passive	teachers	the list				solely property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Possession of the list obviates any need for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possession	possession	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obviates	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 list	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 list	det
4	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Possession	nmod
5	obviates	obviate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 need	det
7	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 obviates	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obviate	present	Possession of the list	any need				for help	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent need=Patient
2	possess			the list					nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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